Boolean Expression AND Gate Java

Question

Hi I have a code that when you input an expression it will store to an array but my problem is how can i put * between two variables when the input expression is like ab +c?it says null value. here's my code:

 stack = strexp.toCharArray();       
 for (int k = 0; k < stack.length; k++) {
   if (Character.isLetter(stack[k]) && Character.isLetter(stack[k+1])){
     temp[k] = stack[k];
     temp[k+1] = '*';
     temp[k+2] = stack[k+1];
   }
 }

Answer 1

You should receive an ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception, because you increment k until it is equal to the last index in the stack array and then you try to access stack[k+1].

Your loop expression has to be

for (int k = 0; k < (stack.length-1); k++)

The cause of the NullPointerException is not directly visible but I believe that you haven't initialized the temp array. Most likely because you do not know it's exact size.

I'd store the result in a list StringBuilder instead:

StringBuilder resultBuilder = new StringBuilder();
for (int k = 0; k < (stack.length-1); k++) {
   resultBuilder.append(stack[k]);
   if (Character.isLetter(stack[k]) && Character.isLetter(stack[k+1])) {
     resultBuilder.append('*');
  }
}
resultBuilder.append(stack[stack.length-1]);  // don't forget the last element

Answer 2

There are 2 issues:

1) NPE - Will be resolved by intializing the temp[]

2) ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at Character.isLetter(stack[k + 1])

Use this code to resolve both:

    String strexp = "ab+c";
    char[] stack = strexp.toCharArray();
    for (int k = 0; k < stack.length - 1; k++)
    {
        if (Character.isLetter(stack[k]) && Character.isLetter(stack[k + 1]))
        {
            char temp[] = new char[3];
            temp[k] = stack[k];
            temp[k + 1] = '*';
            temp[k + 2] = stack[k + 1];
        }
    }